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OK, so this is how I ended up working with three different guys named Matt

Posted on: November 2, 2009 3:30 PM, by Andrew Gelman

Really we need the data on babies born 30 years ago, but this is still pretty stunning:

Argentina: Matías, #3; Mateo, #13
Australia/New South Wales: Matthew, #21
Australia/Victoria: Matthew, #21
Austria: Matthias, #19
Belgium: Mathis, #9; Matteo, #22; Mathias, #23; Mathéo, #35; Mats, #89; Mathieu, #90; Matthias, #97
Brazil: Matheus, #4
Canada/Alberta: Matthew, #8
Canada/British Columbia: Matthew, #6
Canada/Ontario: Matthew, #2
Canada/Quebec: Mathis, #11; Mathieu, #35; Mathias, #47; Matthew, #76; Mathys, #78; Matis, #84
Canada/Saskatchewan: Matthew, #10
Chile: Matias, #4
Czech Republic: Matej, #7; Matyas, #17; Matous, #25
Denmark: Mathias, #11, Mads, #12
England: Matthew, #24
Finland: Matias, #4
France: Mathis, #3
Georgia: Mate, #8
Germany: Matthis, #87
Hungary: Máté, #2; Matyas, #53
Iceland: Matthias, #32
Ireland: Matthew, #17
Italy: Matteo, #4; Mattia, #7
Lithuania: Matas, #1
Netherlands: Thijs, #13
New Zealand: Matthew, #21
Northern Ireland: Matthew, #2
Norway: Mathias, #1, Mats, #56, Mads, #95
Poland: Mateusz, #3; Maciej, #11
Scotland: Matthew, #9
Slovenia: Matic, #8; Matevž, #28; Matej, #30; Matija, #32
Spain: Mateo, #62
Sweden: Mattias, #82
Switzerland (Italian): Mattia, #4
United States: Matthew, #10

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Dunno why you're so surprised; it's called the Matthew Effect for a reason.

Posted by: Eric Crampton | November 2, 2009 4:41 PM

Here in Brazil every single Mateus, or its variations, who has a brother its name is Lucas. And almost always Mateus is the older one. I don't know why, but this is true.

Posted by: Érica | November 2, 2009 7:08 PM

Matthew is the new Steve.

http://www.isteve.com/Steves%20Cartoon.htm

Posted by: Steve Sailer | November 2, 2009 8:05 PM

Sports team. 12 guys. 4 Matts. One Matt leaves and is replaced by another Matt.

Posted by: anon | November 2, 2009 8:58 PM

#2: so they skip Marcus?

BTW, this blog still doesn't appear in the blog menu. And the entries do not appear in the 24h feed.

Posted by: Lassi Hippeläinen | November 3, 2009 6:47 AM

Link below is rubbish for anything non-US but interesting non-the-less.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=matthew+1979

Posted by: Doug | November 3, 2009 8:39 AM

Eric: Good point.